The Nile. Notes for travellers in Egypt and in the Egyptian Sudan
Sir Ernest Alfred Thompson Wallis Budge (1857-1934)
Category
Books
Date
1912
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Chartwell, Kent
NT 3127438
Summary
The book is a traveller’s guide to Egypt, with maps, plans of temples and numerous illustrations. Book gifted by: E A Wallis Budge Book Inscription: To the Right Hon Winston Churchill, from the writer to remind you of Abu Simbel and the talk at Tring. March 1, 1914.
Full description
**The Inscribed Books Collection, to which this book belongs, consists of gift inscriptions on third party books given to Sir Winston Churchill from friends, family, and well-wishers, unsolicited presentation copies of books by strangers, as well as presentation copies from authors who were genuine friends and colleagues. After his death in January 1965, Churchill personally bequeathed the collection via his Will as a testament to his national and international achievements. Ernest Alfred Thompson Wallis Budge (27 July 1857 – 23 November 1934) was an English Egyptologist, Orientalist, and philologist who worked for the British Museum published numerous works on the ancient Near East. He made numerous trips to Egypt and the Sudan on behalf of the British Museum to buy antiquities, and helped it build its collection of cuneiform tablets, manuscripts, and papyri. In 1920 he was knighted for his service to Egyptology and the British Museum. Wallis Budge published many books on Egyptology and the ancient Near East, helping to bring the findings to larger audiences. Originally published in 1907, 'The Nile: Notes for Travellers in Egypt and in the Egyptian Sudan' is a traveller’s guide to Egypt. It contains maps, plans of various temples and numerous illustrations of what to expect. Churchill visited Egypt many times, as a politician and a tourist. Soon after the outbreak of World War One, Britain declared Egypt a protectorate and British and Indian forces were sent to protect the canal. In March 1921, as Colonial Minster, Churchill played a significant role in the Middle East by organising the Cairo Conference. The concerns of the conference related to resolving the conflicting policies defined in the McMahon letters (1915), the Sykes-Picot agreement (1916) and the Balfour Declaration (1917).
Bibliographic description
xx,1094p. . ill..,maps,plans . 8vo.. Shelflist entry - state unknown. Provenance: Inscribed "To the Right Hon Winston Churchill, from the writer to remind you of Abu Simbel and the talk at Tring on March 1, 1914". Binding: brown cloth.
Provenance
The book was gifted to Churchill Wallis Budge himself. The author inscribed the gift with a message, dated 1 March 1914, addressed to Churchill which reads: "To the Right Hon Winston Churchill, from the writer to remind you of Abu Simbel and the talk at Tring on March 1st 1914" The inscription suggests the pair had met, possibly at Abu Simbel or Tring. In 1907 Churchill, as Colonial Under-Secretary, made a tour of British East Africa and returned by steamer down the Nile through the Sudan and Egypt. Abu-Simbel is regarded as must-see on the Nile. In 1914 Churchill was First Lord of the Admiralty, in Herbert Asquith’s Liberal government. During the opening quarter of 1914 Churchill was at logger head with the cabinet over additional Naval funding. The likes of Reginald McKenna and Lloyd George opposed the increase.
Makers and roles
Sir Ernest Alfred Thompson Wallis Budge (1857-1934)